MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
Xiang, H. Q.; Lu, Y. Z.; He, Y. M.; Li, C. Y.; Gao, H.; Lv, A. S.; Chen, H. (2025). Twenty-seven new species and four new genera of Gastropoda (Animalia: Mollusca) from plateau lake Quaternary sediments in Yunnan, southwestern China. <em>Ecologica Montenegrina.</em> 84: 48-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.84.6 page(s): 62-63, figs 2T, 7G-H [details] Available for editors [request]
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Etymology The species name "pluvia" derives from the Latin word for rain, indicating that the shell of the new species resembles the shape of raindrops. [details]
IUCN Red List Category Extinct. [details]
Type locality China: Yanjiang Town, Qilin District, Qujing City, Yunnan Province, 25.48°N, 103.87°E, in lake sediments. [details]
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